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What is the Bouba/Kiki effect and what does it mean for language?

Researchers have conducted an experiment on 900 people which shows intercultural connections between 25 different languages. This could be a breakthrough in the fields of linguistics and philology.

Travel News

These 9 words don’t exist in English but you’ll wish they did

Words can tell you a lot about a culture and these are some of the best and most unique.

Climate

Why calling extreme climate events ‘natural’ disasters is wrong

The release of the IPCC report on climate change prompted this campaign group to call for an end to ‘natural disaster’ terminology.

Travel News

This ‘smart’ facemask can translate what you say into 8 languages

A Japanese robotics company has invented a face mask that can translate across languages. We also take a look at other interesting pandemic innovations.

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My Europe Series

Why some Czechs are up in arms ova plans to drop feminised surnames

Why some Czechs are up in arms ova plans to drop feminised surnames

Travel News

The tiny European villages where they speak their own unique language

From Livonian to Griko, discover these European villages where people speak another language from everyone around them.

Travel News

Power of a placename: Ireland’s many Yr Wyddfas

Towns with names like Youghal and Dún Laoghaire have confused tourists in Ireland for years. Why are Ireland's placenames so confusing for English speakers?

Europe News

EU's top court holds its first hearing in Irish

Historic! It is the first case to be heard in Irish at the European Court of Justice for nearly 50 years.

The Cube

Will English remain an official EU language after Brexit?

The European Commission has stated that any decision on this would need the support of a unanimous vote in the European Parliament.

Europe News

EU lawmakers debate rights and protections of ethnic minorities

MEPs discussed the topics of minority languages and cultures that are spread out across the continent.

World

How are translations between English and Arabic helping to tackle misinformation?

Iraqi students from the University of Mosul are on a mission to share English content with their peers in Arabic.

United Kingdom

Scottish islands to teach every school pupil in Gaelic

A ‘Gaelic First’ policy has been introduced to help boost the language in the Outer Hebrides where it is spoken by 52% of residents.

France

Quelle horreur! 'Franglais' is a threat to French, academy says

L'Academie Francaise said it is 'seriously concerned' at mixing French with English — a common phenomenon in an age of social media and global marketing.

Italy

Watch: Giant dictionary highlights Italian words at risk of disappeari

Words people have declared they would save include 'caspita' (golly) and 'perdinci' (by jingo).

Europe News

Polyglot or mono: the word wars in Brussels

Despite Brexit, English remains a key working language in the EU, which creates a certain amount of friction with the French speakers in Brussels.

Belgium

EU chief Juncker claims coastal Belgium 'less tolerant of French'

EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker has sparked demands for an apology in Belgium after claims he made to local media about observing a decrease in linguistic tolerance in towns on the country's coastline.

World News

First-ever movie in Slavic Esperanto premieres at Venice festival

Director Vaclav Marhoul said he specifically chose an invented language for the villagers' dialect. "I didn't want the villagers (speaking) Ukrainian or Polish or Russian or something like that because those people are really bad people," he said.

World News

Breaking the stigma of speaking an Indigenous language

Euronews spoke to speakers of Indigenous languages in Latin America about their languages and how they struggle not to lose them.

World

Kumzari: the Omani language on the verge of extinction

The tiny fishing village of Kumzar lies in the northern tip of Oman at the strategic trade artery called the Strait of Hormuz, and as a result, has developed an uncommon identity.

World

How does switching between languages impact your body?

UAE-based researchers are exploring how switching between languages affects the body and brain.